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In its reply to the Dublin Fingal TD, the HSE noted that its addiction services have been “traditionally funded to treat problematic drug and alcohol use, some cases of problematic gambling have been provided with treatment”.

The public health body said the figures it has are related to the cases officially reported to the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS).

The reply stated that because reporting problem to the NDTRS is optional, “these figures cannot be considered complete or representative of the treatment for gambling in a national context”.

That notwithstanding, the official stats released by the HSE show that 208 cases were reported in 2015, 195 in 2016 and 219 in 2017 – a total of 622 gambling addiction cases in three years.

Although the numbers for 2018 are not yet finalised, 174 cases related to gambling addiction were reported and treated.